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LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885.
NO. 3
THOUGHTS l'OR TUE MONTH.
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III? Mont li of .Inly-\n liitrrexl!:':; Irlich'
Fniin mi Intelligent Writer.
(W. L, Jouos in tho J unu "Culliv .;or.")
Hummer crops ?tili require diligent
cultivation. Drought ami hen' aro to bo
fought as best wo may, gross and weeds
are to bb kout down, and tho formation
in tko soil of available pliant food to be
promoted to the fullest extent. Ono of
the greatest antidotes against drought is
an ftbundanee of humus in tho soil. A
fanner cannot atop now to simply this
in a field when: thou: is a groy mg crop;
it must bo looked after in Iii;, genoral
plans, embracing proper rotations, und
resting of land, or during winter, when
leaves, pine and other si raw may be
hauled out und scattered apon it. Fut
good growth of peavines supplies a first
?piiility humus for old land and peas may
bo plaided for such purpose dining this
and uoxt month. If seed aro plenty,
they may bo broadcast nt tho rate of one
and a half bushels per acre; il* seed aro
scarce, plant in drills two and half to
three feet apart, cit her sowing peas thin
ly in furrow or dropping live or six in
hills fifteen inclu s apart. Cultivation
will induce BO muon moro vigorous
growth that the drilled jans will make
about ns much vim s as thu broadcast.
Wilora vines is the object almost any
variety will answer, tho old-fashioned
cow or clay pen being one of the best.
For this work, in mid-summer, one has
to catch tho seasons; start plqugh after
a IT in as soon as practicable, und drop
peas in every third or fourth furrow
whoa ono intends to drill breaking land
and planting need will tims go on to-1
gotlior. Our experience is that peas,
mast not bo planted deep to come up
well; and narrow scooters are tho best
ordinary plows for this work. Probably
a deep cutting harrow, like Ibo disc, with
a seeding attachment, might bo made to
do this work very rapidly on ground not
too hard. Dot us always koop an eve
oat for means of accomplishing work
rapidly; economy demands it, and the
rapid drying of tho soil in summer makes
it a very great necessity. Time under
snell circumstances is most valuable; an
opportu .?ty lost may never bo recovered.
hut let us go back to tho cultivation
of crops. Much of tho corn receives its
las.1 working this month. Lot this bo
th(?ro.Mf?'1? bl the sense of stirring every
inch of ,,,U! surface, but lot it bo only tho
surface. Doop plowing 'ol' corn after
jointing fain'.,'' begins, is undoubtedly
injurions. Som*Ihnes a merciful rain
fall In part wards oh thc damage, bul only
inpart; it cannot who.'ly counteract tho
hurt; tho licol-scmpo is ii."' bosl single
plow for laying by corn ; properly set ?t
leaves tho Biirfoco appropriately love!.
A wheel cultivator may I) . gauged to run
shallow enough, and will then answer
very well. If tho crop has bool, judio!"
o utily cultivated Up to.this tune, no hoc
work will bo'reqifired; ii needed, how
ever, give. it. Lot tho land bc loft piSr
hv'tly dean unless it is decided to -.ow
pen* in tho corn-an old and excellent
pini'tic'i'. Pena will interfere loss with
thc corn than grass or weeds, und the
latter are 001*0 to come sooner or later.
Fut if tho 00*71 is hud by perfectly ch an
it will bo preiity thoroughly matured be
fore grass and woodta can got much foot
hold. Last yeal* WO sowed soja beans,
pr Japan peas, as they used to be called,
in bottom corn on tho li'th of July, and
they matured before frost and madia an
excellent crop. AS it dis's not nm, it
tines Mt interfere with fodder pulling.
Cotton masks rapid surface cultivation
also, especially during tho first half of
tho month. Asfc?ody and rapid growth
is now desirable to wy tho foundation
for fruiting next mon tu. flot good weed
by tho first of At.gust and than let the
plant take on fruit ; frequent cultivation
promotes rapid growth; keep thc ploughs*
thorcforu constantly moving, lot no crust
form, let no grass gi t a tool hold, let
heol-sorapo run very shallow and Hat;
keep them sharp *o as to cut off May
pops, briers, etc. Oct only those scrapes
that aro bent in the middle., .sons to form
il Ollff to lit on the ploW-f?Ot, t*ml allow
tho wings to run Hat. A narrow bar of
atoel simply bi nt in a curve, with a hob
in the middle to receive tho heel bolt,
is wholly unlit for tho work now in
lanni; it throws too lunch dirt, aud
haves bods too high for hilly land. lt,
jany suit very wall for tho level, Bandy!
i.wta toward tho coast. Fut ibo Serapi
on th? Isiek of the plow f?.ot, not in
frotiv of it, as loiifj as tho cotton will
ltear it without liavil g ita limbs or boils,
broken off; nut two furrows to each row .
A twenty-inch SO nine will elem out a
middle thoroughly with two furrows.
Later in the season a wider one may be
run once in eaoh middle. If hoe work
hos liven properly dono nj) to this time
little moro of it will bo needed, but a
?I?UVJ worked crop at tho start will call
fur a ?reat deal of work at tho end.
On ioirnor occasions wo have pointed
.out tho beiK,,nc"" results from frequent
attrfaec Oirr?V? of the soil; wo briefly
recall them again. A thin layer of pul
vorized soil is oW of tho very best
mulches to lie hod. ft)* the only ono
pmctieablo ou a large ScaW, It prevents
tho escape of moisture, Moa otf rapid ly
itself after being stirred, hu? tfm'-cbuljy
cuta oft tho ascent of moisture fr.'ui bo
neath through itself int/) the air. Deep
stirring of the soil makes U dry .off
.rapidly. Hence tho pnt/ tieo of plowing
bi'?ttoii>n lands in tho spring to get them
dry enough to ?dant. M,ojsturc from be
low cannot ascend rapidly through pul
verized earth whilst tho free circulation
of air in such i-arUi causes the water in
it to go o/f-jfaito the atmosphere vary
rapidly, withmthin layer of pulverised
soil at tho surfaeo, tia) moiatuwi supply
comes up from below all tho roo** of
pUnts, thoso near the sttrface as woll as
those defeat r down.
A HtirAo layer of pulverized earth md
only serves aa a conservator of moisture
intimen of drought, but prevent* tho
?oil below from becoming oxcearivcly
heated; it koopa out the hooL as a wall
Ulled with sawdust excludes it iron? mi
loo honse: tho menlo of action is the
wane in both. Excessive heating of tho!
is not only injurious to tho roots of
plants, bttt a high temperature- evapor
ates the moisture in it rapidly ? Any ex
cess of temperature above that which
plant? need is doubly injurious to them,
directly by impairing their vitality, and
indirectly by depriving them of needed
moisture. Ono need uevor fea'r keeping
the soil too cool in July and there is
equally little danger of its ever being too
wet.
The last beneficial result from stirring
tile surface, which will be mentioned
now, is the admission of air into tho soil.
Tho presence of air is indispensable to
tho health of roofs and their proper
working. Plants languish in wet soils
because water shuts oil' air from their
roots. A tight, bard crust at the surface
docs thc same thing to n considerable
degree. In addition to promoting the
health and proper working of roots, thc
presence of air in the soil is essential to
nitrification, the process by which tho
unavailable nitrogen of the soil is chang
ed into that which is available. Also to
those changes in thc minerals in tho soil
by which their valuable contents aro
brought within the reach of planks.
From vory many points of view, thoro
foi'O, frequent surface stirrings of the
soil arc shown to be beneficial, to say
nothing of tho killing of grass and weeds.
Wo repeat, therefore, keep the plows
moving with all diligence.
In addition to peas, already consider
ed as a humus supplying crop, lute
forage crops of all kinds should now
claim attention. Drilled corn may still
be sown, 'laking it all in all, this is
perhaps tho best forage crop wo have.
The later sowings of it should not bo
altogether as thick as tho earlier, as the
cool weather of autumn is not so favora
ble for maturing and developing starch
and sugar as the warm weather of mid
summer; tho late grown plants should
have moro light and air. Make drills at
least three feet apart and sow seed so
that there shall be a stalk .'very four to
six inches in the row. Cultivate well and
cut when ears begin to form. Corn does
not dovolop its full nutritive value before
that period. From a desire to minify
thc stalk, the mistake is made sometime."
of sowing loo thickly, and thc result is
imperfect development and forage not
relished by stock because it is not really
nutritious. All have doubtless noticed
tlad stock arc not fond of young corn
plants, those?, for instance, that are re
moved in thinning a crop. Sorghum
does not devclopc its sweetness until the
seeds ure formed, and the same is true
with corn.
Karly amber cane planted from tho Isl
to tho 15th of this month w ill bc ready
to cut by frost, and piled in bulk can la
kept green and succulent for a couple ol
months. It makes better forage ni itt
green state than when cared and dry.
For mules and cows it may be made tc
[?over the months of October, Xovcmhci
and December, and as it is easily rinsed,
n supply for that purpose should bi
found on every farm. Wc have fed it t<
horses also, but they do not relish it a.1
much as mules, nor does it agree witl
them us well if fed exclusively. A litth
of it mixed with other forage is wei
rc balled and doubtless healthy food. Ol
? number of varieties tried by us tin
past season, tho amber is decidedly tin
best as a forage plant. It is one of t!u
sweetest, and the sialks being small an
easily cut np and more readily masticate!
by animals, (live it i trial, if you havi
not done :<o.
German millet may still bo pown or
good land. Like all rapidly matu rh q
crops, it makes heavy demands on tin
soil, and Dos should bo nu t by hcuvi
manuring. Put it sometimes helps om
to lill out a short Slippry of forage who)
iv long drought or other cijranjshoj.ee al
low s only a short time to do it in. .'
farmer caught with onipt v barns on tb
Ural id* August might still till them witl
German millet. Out just, as tho seed
aro formihg; it makes one of the strong
cst and most nutritious forages wc have
Because it is so good, animais arc some
times over fed with it to their inJury am
il bad reputation is then unjustly givci
tho juillet. Obiyor and pea vines ar
liable to tho sumo r);;o;..
It is none too carly to common?.?, j.vo
paring land for turnips. There is ni
oct ter preparation than cow-penning am
plowing tho land at intervals of two o
Lineo weeks. Ju the absence of cattle
broadcast manure an'l plow it in whei
breaking ?yj huid, f.ot manure, wo]
rotted, is suitable, and for turnips i
much improved by a liboiul addition e
I dd phosphate Any form of phoi>pli;:{
is good (ox turnips. But potash an
nitrogen arc aili} needed by this gron
feeding plant, and mew be supplied b
kaijj et und cotton seed m cat. * Karylin
tilth in almost as important for this ero
ns manure; therefore repented plowing
and harrow ings are recommended. Hi
loot rather sandy ?oil for thiu crop, 'h
gin rowings of rutabagas after tho t?i?
ile of Ute ?4/mth, ate! continuo at intel
vals, whenever iii*; soil is moist and i
good condition, to the e,y]dlo of Augie
or Jlrsl of September- -tho latent ??ow*i np
of early maturing varieties liko red to
and Hat Dutch. If land is well broke
at first and harrowed after overy rah
it will remain moist enough to bring u
?oed even in long spells of dry weathe
Those who begin oarly and pursue rigl
methods wrj^erally succeed in gcttm
good stand? when ?he weather is vet
unfavorable. Those' who to tl
last minnie, and begin preparation win
tho time for mVwiing arrives, an) vc!
npt to fail unless tho yeat))or is iinusun
ly favorable.
Tho above remarks apply with eon.
force to preparations for clover ami grui
to lie sown in September. They shonl
Iwgin by tho last of tho month and fo
low tho same course marked out fi
turnip*. Liberal manuring and fh
u'fh are tho bttfl main points, All <
th eso pl.^ts have ameU goods, and |1
little delicate ?CC<Uuigs demand foe
^naily found, and a flue seed bod to |
themselves il).
Sweet potato ?dip? or vines may I
put mit all through thin moiith. Tl
dil fashioned yellow yam might not ?
much sot /nit after tho luth, but tl
more recently introduced varieties of tl
3t. Domingo type will ??afee a fair OTC
[>f tullera, and of decidedly lietter quel
ty thft-H these started early in the spriti
e'er tim laV-r plantings pieces of vine a
pro'crable to ''diuy/rra' or "slips."
ia good practice to start a p'deh of pot
toes early in the season, from whj<
vines may he cot for tho later and ma
prop. 'lids io tf\o practice in all loon
tic? where tho poWo ia raised mc
abundantly and in greatest $erfc<ctio
4 pioco p| vine ten inches long, <
Bioping in the ground, with the upper
bud only above tho surface, will grow
quite UH readily aa a rooted slip. Let
every one put in u full crop of potatoes;
work will not bc so pressing now and
tho grain heida will furnish suitable and
abundant land for the purpose. As
soon as the tithers are of fair size, begin
at once to feed to stuck of all kinds,
horses, cows, bogs, etc. The mistake is
generally made of waiting till frost or
digging time to begin feeding them and
then many are lost before they are con
(inned. Our true policy is to feed tho
stock on the farm with many diffet'Onl
things, each in its season. Tho old style
ol' feeding on corn and fodder all the
year is not suited to one present environ
ment-it is too expensive. Neither is it
healthiest or best for auin als. We fed
our stock for some time on green rye,
then followed with red clover, and will
begin soon on forage ? oi n. A part ration
of dry forage is always given with these,
and tho stock keep in a remarkably
healthy, thriving condition. A sick ani
mal wo rarely or never have.
Now that tho heaviest press of work is
over, barbecues and social gatherings
are in order. Moro than others, farmers
need the healthy, invigorating influences
of such occasions. No one is so wisc
that he may not learn from others. Meet
and discuss matters pertaining to your
calling. Visit each other's farms, and
with friendly criticisms call attention to
mistakes made ami suggest improve
ments. Attend every (dub meeting; he
must bo a dull man that cannot learn
something there. The farmers in several
States have boon aroused recently touch
ing their relations to the State" and to
other callings. They ure unwilling to
bo ignored or imposed on longer. Wc
hail it as a good omen-as an evidence
of awakened thought. Lot fanners feel
j and realize thal their vocation is just as
honorable, just as ennobling and elevat
ing as any other; flint it e ilis for just ns
; much brains, just as much learning and
! knowledge, if not more than any other,
and let them resolve that they will no
longer bear the heavier portion of the
public burthens whilst the emoluments
and honors are monopolized by others.
ron m.-. u i PH'S SAKK.
Unitiva I'orlcr I.ec I'nnloncd hy l*rt**l?lvnl
CU-o-lnml.
Tho President has pardoned R. Porter
Leo, now confined in thc Buffalo peni
tentiary for embezzlement. The follow
ing is the President's memorandum in
regard to this case:
This convict was sentenced in Novem
ber, 1882, at a t- rm ?d' thc Circuit Court
of the United States hold at Syracuse, in
the Northern District of New York, to
be confined in the penitentiary at the
city of B?llalo for the terni of ten years,
upon a conviction for embezzling tho
funds of thc first National Baiik at
B?llalo while he was President thereof.
While this is a statutory offeiiso, timi
somewhat technical in its character, thc
publie are so mindi interested in tin
security of our banking institutions, anti
such strict faith and care should be de
manded of those having thom in charge,
that I am much disinclined to extern
clemency to those properly found guilty
of offenses like that on which this pris
oner was convicted. 1 nm oiltirchj
familiar with this case, and knew tb?
prisoner a long timo before his convie
?ion. His sentence was generally re
guided at the time as a very SOVCre ono
being tho full extent of tin" law. Witl
the commutation allowed in the State o
New York for good conduct in prison
he has served a sentence of live years
and it is entirely certain in my mind tba
whatever good is ever to be wrough
upon l?im individually has already bcci
accomplished.
At tho timo of his conviction Ins wit?
-a Hollie, COliragCOUB, and devoted wo
man and live small children were tin
sad Bufferers for Ilia crime, and exacte?
tho sympathy of the entire community
By her patient, bard labor to supper
her children, and nevor falling trust am
hope in thc darkest days, this wife ha
demonstrated that she at hast is entitle?
to clemency. ? am glad to bc able ti
jrcstorp to her her husband, ami to b
satisfied ut thc iwunp tijj;.o that the cud
of justice aro fully answered.
QROVBH Cl.HVW.ANl>.
Thc Origin of Jug?,
Tho origin of jugs dates back to nu
tiquity. Vet we have all discovered tba
tim j:;*', whose appearance is the mos
antiquated, docs not always belong t
that rather enigmatic pciw.l. Tim llb
tory of "Tho Little Brown .Tug" is quit
as ancient as most people care to go bac
to investigate. Lately there has been
great breeze raised over a jug calle
"The Poach blow Vase." In artistic cit
cb s, its side for eighteen thousand do
lars v-ilj mark an em. Vet to most pei
plo in this world liiere are many thing
potter, "bv a jugful," The jug is a mo;
singular utensil. A pail, goblet or a ji
be rinsed, and you can satisfy you
self by opt icm pr, >of that thc thing
clean; but a jug lias'a Util*} kobi in tli
top and the interior is all darluie. . N
eye penetrates it, no eye can move ov<
it? surface. Yon din clean it only b
putting water into it, shaking it up an
pouring it out. If the water comes Ol
(dean, you judge you have succeeded i
purifying tho jug. In this the jug
like the num&n hjpartj R0 mortui eye cn
look il?to tll? recesses, and you ono on!
judge of ita purity by what comes ot
9t ?. "_^._
ii,e fjfftf, n?* Oe? Harr?.
A fox who wa? passing through tl
forest ono day heard a great diann
among tho luiros, and ho turned aside
find several of them engaged in lia
knocks around a burrow.
"What's all this row nbout'/" denian
od iUvvnord, ns he ?ell among thom.
"Why, fiir," replied one of the ban
our father is dead, and we can't agree
to who shall possess his burrow . "
"But it's large enough for all of you
"Ho it hq bul; that settles a qnestii
of fact instead of principle,"
"Well, I'll toke fact and you can kc
tho principle," said tho. fox, as ho to?
possession of tho burrow.
MORAI,.-When the hoir" light ov
tho old homestead, tho lawyer comos
own tho farra.
Preshh-iU Him, luis this pushed the Si
ate? l4imonWr-No, your excellency, that
a milliner's hil), mid if yon will lake I
advise of a man of experience you will 1
nfflx a voto.
WITHIN THE KINKS.
TUB BXPBUIBiXOBS OF A IIOtSBIIOLll
OP BOUTIIBRX LA Ol EH.
Who! They Underwent nurina Battle-. \ sirii.
lug Story ?>f ?li? Confederate \\ nr.
(From (he Philadelphia Times.)
It wo? :n July, 1808, a time of so
mach Interest to all Virginians, when
tho tide of battle ebbed ami flowed
like an angry Hood over oar love
ly vnlloy, leaving desolation and sor
row in its path. Our home, known as
Fountain Hook, was about one mile from
thc Potomac Uiver, directly on tho turn
pike between Shophordatowil and Kear
ney ville, a point on tho Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
July IC waa an unusually quiet day.
No Federal soldiers were to bc seen rid
ing over tho country. Consequently our
fears were aroused knowing, as wc did,
from experience that a calm always came
before, a storm. Tho next morning wc
found that our fears were not ground
less, for a large force under Goiieral
Gregg had crossed the Potomac and
some were encamped on the turnpike
und some on thc road leading to Mar
tinsburg.
UNWELCOMING VISITORS.
Stragglers, mostly from Col. (Ircgg's
regiment, began to swann all over the
placo. Numerous and outrageous were
the depredations they committed. Hear
ing a thumping at tia? back ol' the house 1
we went in and found two men in thc
pantry. "What are you doing hore?" 1
said my mother, with dignity. Oin* of '
them impudently answered: "Oh wo
just came to sec what sort of style you !
lived in," and added, mockingly: "I'll 1
take that ham, if you please." turning j
ironed, she found he had already dom'
so. Ho thou reached over and said: "I'll
take these preserves, too." "No," she ?
mid, "I don't think you will." "I'd 1
like to know who in the b- will prevent '
IllC," ho answered. "I will," she said, 1
very quietly, and, leaning forward, she 1
put out her hand and gave a little push, 1
which sent it to the lloor with a crash.
Ho lokcd startled for a moment, hut '
piickly recovered and sneered: "Oh, '
that's your style, is it?-' "Ves, and you 1
walk out of this house. lt is a pity you
liad no mother to teach you not to break '
into houses and steal." This reference 1
to his neither seemed to rouse huu and
ie said: "I have a mot ber, and as good
i enc as you, if you are a right good
looking woman.'" Nevertheless In- wall;- '
d very nu ekly out.
ASKING Koli A GUARD, 1
So great wore the ravages committed 1
that my young sister and a Cousin from
baltimore went into town to ask for a
guard. Win n the complaint was laid
beforo Gonoml Gregg, ho turned to an '
o Ulcer and :yiid, "Tell Colonel Gregg .
that I havo heard nothing hut complaints |
nf his regiment this morning, and if
needs be ho must take one-half of his :
men tn keep thc other half in order." I 1
lotlhl if tho order WOS ever delivered.
While he was speaking a courier came in ,
ind reported "a large body ol' rebels ad- |
Mincing on the turnpike from Lee to wu."
Che girls anxiously to be nt home, asked J
for an escort, for tho soldiers had been
rory impertinent to them on their way
into town. An escort was readily granted !
md although our house was near the ^
lUt-posts ho came all tho way to the
lour and there received my mother's .
hanks for his courtesy. She also asked
lim his name, which at first he refused j
o give, but upon her reminding him
hat ho knew not what il day might
iring fourth he gave it: "Major Gaston,
if Gonornl Gregg's staff." None but '
hose who have seen and felt it can \
'Calizo our feelings as wc saw thc enemy ^
idvanco in such order and numbers,
mowing as we did that only a few miles
arther on thoy were to moot our forces,
imong whom were many friends near
md dear. Soon a few stray shots were
icard, thoo ila' dint.; lieut ?u.d nil strag- 1
dcrs were drawn in and quiet reigned ?,
or a little w hile. Thon came the whirr 1
md shriek of the shells as they passed t
iver the house, and the villainous "zip'' |
if the minnie balls as they cut the leaves n
rom tia* hedge around our door. All of |
is retreated to thc collar, The family j
ionsisted of my mother, her two (laugh- t
era, her niece, her two little grandchil- ,
hen, wliomt mother wau ia Baltimore',
i negro woman abd a terror-stricken t
log- .
A FIOIIX TO UK REMEMBERED. '
All that evening the battle raged, Thc
C?derai wounded were brought from thc ;
ield and laid upon the lawn before and
Hider tin. protection of thc house until
hey could-be taken away, soino few in
unlnilanecs, others on horses or on ?
tretchers. I shall never forget the sight
if a white horse, his whole forequarter x
luinod with, tho liio;h\qod pf Jngj who
vas lying dead across his back. The
iring never ceased until late in thc
light. Ott!1 house was kept closed ami
lerfcctly dark. The troops had no time
o tarry and I heard them, as they passed
o and from the spring, wonder where
ho women of tho liouso were. AM night
vu -y^i.e.i ia ino darkness, oaoh ^Ith a
andie, a few matches and a pieeo of
hocolntc in our pockets. These had
>ccn kept for a tune cf need and we
bought that time had come. It was
nd'/ a night of horror, !'-. i?oJ or
bree o'cl?ilK all fh? Federal* find gone
nil wo hoard tho smooth canter o{ thu
Muthern horseman tuk? ?0 p;tu.c of tho
harp ring of tho steel-shod horses of the
?Torthorn cavalry. Daylight found me
?iib a palo fuco and hollow eyes, but
icorty welcome for tho Confederates who
ode wi to say that they would be back
o breakfast. Our friends from town,
?tanned for our safety, carno almost as
oon.
OKNBKAr. UM HIMSELF.
Hoeing a soldier and hoing) anxious to
.now wno of our friends liad como asked
lim to what regiment he belonged, to
ho great amusement, of all around, for
t proved to lie Genoral F. Leo himself.
Iraong tho first questions asked was who
ran in command of the forces opposed
o us. When Ooneml Leo waa told that
t was Gonoml Gregg ho instantly said:
.I wonder it he Know I was in command
m this side?" sud I gathered that they
tad been either classmates or frionds he
foie tlif war. Oh, tia; contrast hotweon
two days divided I y only a .single night!
Tho day before terror and gloom per
vaded and to-day tho house Ulled with
joy and glndnoss. Wo bad litth- or
nothing to give them to eat, all having
been taken from us tho day before and
the garden trampled by tho troops.
While ridions that had been sent from
the uamp were being prepared we gath
ered around the piano to entertain our
guests witl) music ami to deliver to
General J. K. J!. Stuart sonn' music that
had been in our keeping for govern!
months, scut to bini by an admiring
friend in Baltimore "Soldier Boy
Nineteen Years Old" and "Benny Ha
vens, Oh," were sung with a 111 arly good
will. Impromptu verses to tie latter
air were composed by nearly all present.
General Stuart's contribution, written
on the Lack of a piece ol' music, was the
following:
STCAlu 's IMPROMPTU,
To tho bonnie lass, Mis-- Lottie,
( >ur adoration's due,
She soothes our hi arts in times of woe
With music soft and true.
May she rule her beau ol' nineteen,
The gallant Brigndior,
Who, though ho vanquish nu n, I ween
Ih r own command must fi ar.
To our jolly friend, l it /. Lee,
A health before w o ?,
He has a heart all full of gil 0,
A strong arin for the foe.
May his triumphs kmc continue
And .Miss Lottie always know
The number ol' his regiment
And smiles ou bim bestow.
Later in the day a Baltimore American
was gotten hold of by some means and
thc portico rang willi merriment as the
account of thc battle from a I eii, rid
point ol' view was read out, and its in
accuracy wondered at and commented
Dh by all. I beard General Lee say: I j
"Well, I have not been in a hotter place \ )
mice the war began than thal light was ' 1
nt ono timo yesterday." ll was indeed h
% bard fought tight, though it has badin
but small nu ntion ie ll." "Annals of the :
War." lt was lu re that Colonel Denke, ]
af tho Firs! Virginia Cavalry (formerly v
Stuart's), was kided. Win n wo con- ;
irratulated Colonel Morgan on his pro- i
motion, he said, feelingly: "Not yet! v
iud yet! too lately have I paid my last ?
tribute to poor Deako."
But this was no abiding place for t
?ither army. Win n tho Federals were 1;
Iriven across tho river thc Conf?d?ral" , |
retired beyond the railroad, ami so it I
was with us until peace settled down
iver the whole land, and the war became
is it now is, a tiling of the memory only. ; ':
HKIJKN BoTHijun PKXOIJKTOX. R
tShephordstown, W. Va, j1'
lli^ l i ! h- V. n i i r lit'lH. \\
- 1,.
Of frosh-wftler . ola as apart from their il
mighty couth) thc conger, there arc
threo distinct kinds-tho sharp-nosed H
oel, tho broad-nosed or rrog-mouthed 11
iel, and the snig. Of tin three, the ?
-harp-nosed eel is both tlc largest tish i
md the lu st eating, though Romo prefer (
the snig-ecl ns having a superior flavor, i
rho snig, however, in spite of its excel- ]
lenee, has not tin samo value as tin |
sharp-nosed eel ; for it seldom, if over, h
ittains more than haifa pound in weight, j
I'he sharp-nosed eel, mi thc contrary, I il
ittains au enormous size. * hie on recoil',
hat was taken in the Medway, not far
from Hochcstcr, weighed thirty-four M
pounds, measured six feet in length, and in
nul a girth of twenty-fl vc inches. Alioth-1 a
ir eel, taken in Kent, weighed forty h
rounds and measured live feet nile
nobes. Yarrell speaks of having seen at j
Hambridge tho preserved skins of two !,
ivhiehliau weighed together llfty pound : , .\
bc heaviest tWonty-SCVi n pounds, the j
?thor twenty-three pounds. I'm these n
nstances, though not to bo regarded as si
apocryphal, are very exceptional; and a : h
rvvy lair average weight for sharp-nosed i w
.els is six pounds. Kols of even tee !
lounds weight are md common, .md
Ur. Frank Buckland speaks of one ol '
hut size ns being (he largest lu: had OVI f '
icon.--Popular Science Monthly.
<llmoland II Oi'iiioeriiiii' l.iiicoln.
The politicians did not like President >
iincoln. Tiny would have pushed bini S
iSldo ut lilt" end of his ti t tomi if it I
nul lain in their power. 'I'la hamer in h
he way was the confidence reposed in ^
lim by the sovereign people. The situ I
ition at this time is not dissimilar. I ll
'resident Cleveland has noi j.leased the ll,
loliticians, either of his own party or ol' I b
he opposition ; but ovory da v it becomes j m
nore and more rp.anifesi that tho people I!
-both tin Democrats who took him on A
rust and tho It?publicans who distrust- r<
.d him are behind bim and backing ri
dm. His sturdy honesty pleases them, 5!
I'he wiser politicians, seeing tl?-- ?rift of ?>
ho popular ou?ront aro beginning to V
ledge. Bradford Fra. si
Until tho circumstances ol the ri, int
oizuros of American vessels at shel- ol
anne, Nova Scotia, were understood it C
iras though^ that via flshorioa question ct
ia.'; K) bo again sprung )11 the old V
[round, ill spite of the recent IV vocation ai
>y tho Dominion nnthorilh i ol their ..
irst order for seizures, lt bj now un- hi
lorstOOd, however, that the VOSSCls WOrC \'
eized for violation of the Canadian ona- s
oms regulations and tor ofhnsi s 1,
Onnpat?d WI VU fishing. 'Ike sessels li
vere seized for having permitted certain I!
if their men to go ashore without re- ('
?orting to the custom-house authorities, s
t is urged on behalf of the P,o\Sjcd VOS- Il
els that the offotUj . ^Ore unintentional; t<
Ult V0 M?uiuoi seo what ground for the ll
aterferonoo of our government tlio cos < ai
livid. Tho imponndod vessels aro, tl
echiiically at any rate, in the pogjtivU of h\
iolntors of the law,
Tia; conditions out of which grow the
leo margarine industry aro well illustr?t- h
d by the increasing demand for butter ol
,11 over Liirope from I850down,ond the ai
onsUudly advancing price. The prudi- ci
fioUB advances iii this direction may be S
arther illustrated by tho importation of b
mtter, cheese and < gg:> into England, g
h tho years from 1KJ5 to IHM) the i in - I
sirte of t'ne three commodities seldom ii
ixceeded in any ono year ?500,000 in I
'iduo> whilo they lui ve since risen to g
?'20,000,000 per annum. Letting the a:
acta do the reasoning it is apparent that tl
ho new industry--tho production of S
vholcKoiiio sulislitntcs for butter -was a il
limpie necessity. Recognition of this s,
oct must precede true progress in the k
mportant matter of regulating the in- a
lustry, t
ALI. ABOUT SENATORS.
SKXATOUS Wl'l'll IM.KXTV OF ll MU WO
HUM V'lOUK WITH VKIIV U.M.I) Hi;AUK.
Ucnnlofx Voting and Hdnalor* ont-srinitorN
Who ure Miiaciilar and Senator? \\lu> An*
I 'rn i i Senatorial liirllidaya.
(I..-Uer to tho Philadelphia Tim??.)
WASHINGTON, .July 10. -White locks
mid beards among United States Bona*
lora aro not always indicative of age.
Take, for instance, Senator Edmtmds.
Mis beard is gray-almost to whiteness
and not in tho Senate Chamber is there
mother head more bald than his, yet the
thc years that he can chronicle are but
lifty-oigltt. Voorhecs, of tho samo age,
ias not ? bald spot on his head and his
Itcnd and his heavy, brown hair is but
ightly tinged with gray-a line specimen
>l physical manhood is this "tall syca
uorc of tho Wabash." Coko and Alb
ion, eaeh numbering fifty-seven years,
ne two other extremes. In the absence
>f huir and color of beard the former
?ears a striking resemblance to Ed
nunds. The latter has a heavy growth
if hail'over his entire head, as has also
Ito othor Senator from Iowa, Wilson, of
.i[nal age, but whoso hair is gray and
itands straight up like stubble in a grain
leid, lintier, at 50, from his thin gray
inir and white moustache looks nearly
is old as Conger at 08. Nine p-rsons
?ut of ten would say that Blackburn, at
i V, presents os old an appearance as
leorge, at 59. Cockrcll, whose years
nimber a half century, plus one, looks
o he ten years older than Logan, while
n fad ho is nine years younger, the
lair and beard of tl ie former being a
?gilt gray, tito hair and moustache of
he latter being comparatively as black
s tho plumage of the raven.
Only fifty-three years of this world's
ifo luis .McPherson seen, yet from his
whitening locks, hollowed chocks and
coblo gait ito would quickly be taken to
io eight or ton years older than Heck,
ho is cloven years his senior, but who,
n appearance, at least, isas muscular os
nov. On Hick's head, which is cov
red with a kinky cont of brown hair,
mt a baro spot as largo as a dime can
ie seen.
A M I l.l.loN AlKK SBNATOK.
Within ono scat of McPherson sits the
lullionniro Senator Payne, who 1ms
OlUldcd out exactly three-quarters of a
cattily and who is therefore twenty-two '
ears older than this New Jersey Sena
ir? but tito average visitor would bo
nore apt to think there arc two years'
lilTcrcncc in their ages than twonty-two.
if the shoulders ol' Morrill, tho 'oldest
ieutttor in tho Chamber, were less bent
ie would appear younger than the "lish
IOIO bachelor," Saulsbtvry, whoso record
1 years are sixty-eight and therefore
'ight years less than those of tho Ver
non! Senator. .Iones, of Arkansas, is
nit forty-six and consequently in the
.rime of life, but his heard is quite ,
ray, while tho hair on his head, which
< faxl turning gray, is as thin as a wheat
ield visited by a drought. JOvarts, ?it
ix ty-eight, although hu hair is darkly
Tay, show,* nt . a sign of baldness, while
Idler, lin- othor New York Senator,
lore than twenty years his junior, shows
deal of top head tliroiighjliis line silken *
dir. Sherman, at sixty-three, although
omewhtd lacking l y nature in vitality,
in wcll-presorvod mau, not a bald spot
eing visfillo through his iron-gray hair,
(idiotie, at lifty ame appears older than l
lawes ni sixty-nine, Vest nt tlfty-livo aa
ld as Pugh at sixty-five. Sawyer is
ixty-nino, yoi few la rsons would take
im lo bc toil years older than Hoar,
ho will bc sixty next August, ;
HUT ON a sax .vron PMut>a roanr.
Au examii\^?iou of ages shows that in
lie thirties there is but one, Senator
[cann, whose agc is 118 and who is there
in: tho youngest member of tho upper
ranch of Congress. Jv, Ute forties there
re fourteen Sonators, lliddloborgor, the
fi .'...1 youngest Senator, being -41; ?
nhill and Spooner, 43; Aldrich, 44;
lorry, 45; (?ray and .loms, of Arkansas,
15; blackburn, Connan, Miller and 1
I itched, ol' Pennsylvania, 47; I'huob,
S; Mituderson, 49. The tifUos claim
early one-half of the Si gators, tho mun
ir hoing thirty nevon and every year
et wenn ?fty and sixty being rcpre- '
tated. Hf the age of ?l) Hare are five,
owen, butler, Dolph, Hv,U> and (
fitehell, of Oregon; of r.l, Blair, Cock
?ll, Knstis ami Soweit ; of .VJ, Call, Har
?n, t'\gaib} and Jones, of Florida; of
I, Camc.ron, Gibson and McPherson;
[54, Fair and Fryoj c4 88, Vest and
rliitohall. Of the age ol 511 there arc
X Senate-.-, Chase, Cu'dutn, Jou.o-?, of
evada; l'aimer, Teller and Vr.ncc-this
S{0 claiming a greater mir.i\>er than any
thor. Che recorded ages of Allison,
uki- and Wilson, of Iowa, are f>7 yeats
itch; of Camdon, Edmunds, Platt and
011rln es, .Vj; of OeorgO, Hawley, Hoar
nd Maheno, 51), Thc p?xides boast of
vi nty-threo Sonators, Hogan, McMil
a ami Rt"..... rn being (Kl; .Maxoy, Van
... Ik and Whitthorne, 61; Cixlquitt,
h tu ford und Morgan, 62. UK> latter's
irthdny being Juno 20;; Sherman, 63;
eek and Wilson, of Maryland, (H;
rowe, Hearst* and Pugh, 66: Pike, 06:
oitgev, I.varts, Hampton, Harris and
ftulsbury, 68; Dawes and Sawyor, <;<'.
i thc seventies there two hut two Senn
as. Pay no being 78 and Morrill 76.
et ween t ho youngest Senator, Kenna,
ul oUU-Mf, Morrill, there aro, therefore,
drty-ciglli years, Morrill Iteiug exactly
vice the ago ol' Kenna,
SKN VTOKIAI. ItlltTUDAYK.
Tho monti) of October has given birth
> tho greatest number O? Senators,
?even having been born therein. Mareil
ad April have joined hands with De
lmoor, each month having givon seven
en it ors. February, May and Septem
or can be credited willi six each; Atl
ast and Novomlior, four; January,
uno and July, three cooli. Thia esti
into ip. on tho supposition thai Senator
lOgan was born February 9, 182(>, os
?von in two or tliroo cyclopedias. His
?c has nevin1 lifcn officially recorded in
io Congressional Directory, Nine
cantors appear not to know ino month
t which they were boru, and two, Aili
nn and Van Wyok, knowing tho month,
now not '.ho day. Dolph, of Oregon,
nd Wilson, of Maryland, woro bom on
ho same day of the ?arno month, Octo
ber li), although seven year? apart. Tho
birthdays of Vost and Blair occur on tho
same day of the same month, December
(5, as do also those of Ingalls and Baals
bury, December 29. Logan and Man
derson were each born February il.
There are no two Senators of exactly tho
same agc, considered by years.
FOREION-BOBN SENATORS,
Five Senators can never become Presi
dents, as they aro foreign-born, Peek
having been born in Scotland; Jones, of
Nevada, in England; Fair, Sewell and
Jones, of Florida, in Ireland. New
York has given birth to more of the
present Senat >rs tba 1 any other State,
tho number being eight; Kentucky,
Ohio and Virginia can boast of six each,
Virginia and West Virginia being con
sidered in this est?mate ILS one; Massa
chusetts and Pennsylvania, five each,
with tho remainder scattering. Fourteen
have been born in Now England, Only
four States west of tho Mississippi
Indiana, Missouri, Iowa und Minnesota
- have given birth to Senators. Not ii
Senator has been born in the western
half of the United States.
Out of a total of .seventy-six Senators
thirty-four have boen born in the States
they represent. All of the Now England
Senators have boen born in their respec
tive States, with tho exception of Chase,
of Rhode Island, and Hawley, of Con
necticut, the latter having made a jump
from North Carolina. Only one New
York Senator-Miller-was born in tho
Empire Stab?, Evavts having first seen
light in Boston, Mass. Both of tho
Senators from Maryland, from Pennsyl
vania, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and
Tennessee were born in the States they
represent. The remaining Senators that
ure certified representatives of the State?
that gave them birth are Blackburn,
Cookreil, Colquitt, Eustis, Logan, Palmer
and Sherman. T, c. J,
Emma picks up her peu, und in a burn
lug gush ot enthusiasm, writes: "Thc day
is gem-, the wind's at rest, the moon ls Up
and fail', I'll wear the dress that suits him.
bcsl, a ribbon in my hair." Oh don't,
please don't. Wo know tho weather ia
getting to 1)0 right warm, but wo don't
think il. will justify the above. So don't,
wc beseech thee. Yon can't bear it.
THE LAURELS HAU.
JOHN C. HASKELL, N. 15. Di AL,
Columbia, s C. Laurens, S. C.
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